Tim Sheehy, also the founder of an aerial firefighting company, announced the bid to unseat incumbent Democrat Sen. Jon Tester because âAmericans are feeling underrepresented. They’re tired of a government that they don’t feel is working for them.” | Jbsmitty via Wikimedia Commons Former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy on Tuesday announced that heâs jumping into
McConnell episode alarms Senate GOP
Mitch McConnellâs sudden freeze during a Wednesday afternoon press conference jolted the Senate Republican Conference, eliciting hopes from allies, detractors that he will fully recover from any health issues. And President Joe Biden even called his old senatorial colleague to check on him. âI told him I got sandbagged,â McConnell said, a reference to Bidenâs
Exclusive â âSo Out of Touchâ: Utah GOP Senate Candidate Trent Staggs Slams Establishment GOPâs Mitt Romney
U.S. Senate candidate and Riverton, Utah, Mayor Trent Staggs told Sirius XMâs Breitbart News Saturday that Utah voters are âtiredâ of Sen. Mitt Romneyâs (R-UT) âmisplaced or misguided passion againstâ former President Donald Trump and slammed him as âso out of touchâ with voters. Staggs joined the program following Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew
Dianne Feinstein ‘Hopeful’ to Return to Senate Next Week
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is âhopefulâ she will return to the U.S. Senate next week, according to notes from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). âI spoke with Sen. Feinstein yesterday [Monday]. We are both hopeful she can return next week,â the Senate majority leaderâs notes said at Tuesdayâs press conference. The California senatorâs return was listed as a
Senate Report: Biden Business Received $5.1M Within 10 Days of Hunter Biden’s WhatsApp Text While ‘Sitting’ Next to Dad
The 2src2src Senate report on the Biden family business revealed Hunter Biden-linked bank accounts received $5.1 million in payments from a Chinese business partner, Henry Zhao, within ten days of just-revealed texts in which he demands payment using proximity to his father as a cudgel. Henry Zhao, influential in forming a Chinese investment fund, had deep ties to Chinese intelligence, according
Senate GOP Works In Anti-âWokeâ Provisions To Defense Bill Despite Democrat Majority
The Senate Armed Services Committee passed a defense policy bill that includes provisions aiming to hold the Pentagon accountable for its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. Despite a Democratic majority in the Senate, the committee agreed on the $886 billion bill and called for even higher spending. âThe Pentagon has to remain focused on
John Fetterman Bumbles His Way Through Another Senate Hearing
Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman struggled through a hearing on the I-95 bridge collapse in Philadelphia on Friday, video shows. Democratic Delaware Sen. Tom Carper gave Fetterman a chance to comment on the collapse, which caused significant damage to the busy highway. A tanker truck carrying gasoline caught fire while traveling on the interstate Sunday
The First 2024 Predictions Show GOPâs Path To Retaking The Senate Could Hinge On West Virginia
The road to a GOP Senate majority begins in West Virginia, according to pollsters and the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC). The 2024 West Virginia Senate race could decide whether or not the GOP takes back the Senate majority for the first time in four years, and the GOP looks poised to flip the seat
Senate Sends Debt Ceiling Package To Bidenâs Desk With Default Days Away
June 01, 2023 11:01 PM ET The Senate passed the Fiscal Responsibility Act Thursday night, sending the debt ceiling hike to President Joe Bidenâs desk. Seventeen Republicans joined 46 Democrats to suspend the debt ceiling into January 2025, allowing the federal government to avoid a default on its debt less than one week before a
A well-liked incumbent stands in the way of Republicans retaking the Pennsylvania Senate seat
Bob Casey, a three-term senator who has built such a moderate, mild-mannered reputation he has been compared to oatmeal, is in the crosshairs of national Republican leaders. | Francis Chung/POLITICO PHILADELPHIA â Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity, a rising star in the stateâs GOP, is keeping her options open ahead of the 2src24 Senate election. She
Senate Candidate âPatriot Whistleblowerâ Admits to Fabricating Sex Trafficking Story
A failed Republican congressional candidate allied with prominent Stop The Steal conspiracy theorists has admitted to fabricating a story about child sex trafficking to gain attention for his campaign.Ryan Dark White, who ran a longshot Senate bid in Maryland under the name Jon McGreevey and sometimes referred to himself as the âPatriot Whistleblower,â caused a
House and Senate diverge on immigration as border fears mount
Migrants wait at the Gateway International Port of Entry under U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody in Brownsville, Texas, on Friday before being sent back to Mexico under Title 42. | Veronica G. Cardenas/AP Photo House Republicans are still wrangling their members to get behind a sweeping border bill they plan to pass this week.
Black Caucus presses Senate Dems to blow up tradition on judges
Congressional Black Caucus chair Rep. Steven Horsford said Black Caucus members want every Republican withholding a blue slip to disclose their reasoning. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images Tensions are escalating between Senate Democrats and the Congressional Black Caucus over the arcane tradition that gives a single senator veto power over President Joe Bidenâs judicial picks. The
Top Senate Republicans Urge Biden to Keep Title 42, Warn of âUntenableâ Illegal Migrant Surge
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and all Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee called on President Joe Biden on Wednesday to preserve the Title 42 border barrier, which will expire next week. âWe write today to implore you to reverse your decision to end the Title 42 public health order,â wrote McConnell, ranking member
Feinstein âhopefulâ she can return to Senate next week, Schumer notes say
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer holds sheets of paper with talking points on debt ceiling legislation during a press conference on Capitol Hill on May 2, 2src23. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Chuck Schumer spoke to Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Monday and the ailing California Democrat is âhopefulâ sheâll return to Washington next week, according to notes
Cardin not running for reelection, opening blue-state Senate seat
Ben Cardin has served in the Senate for three terms. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin will not seek reelection in 2src24, he announced on Monday, creating a wide-open race to succeed him and altering the Senate. Cardin has served in the Senate for three terms, providing a generally reliable vote for Democrats but
Why the Senate isn’t jumping at the opportunity to end the debt crisis
As the House GOP scrambles to pass its ultimately doomed bid to raise the nation’s borrowing limit, across the Capitol almost no one is working to devise legislation that can overcome a Senate filibuster, win a House majority and get President Joe Bidenâs signature. | Samuel Corum/Getty Images The Senate still isnât ready to save
Senate Dems weighing a Clarence Thomas invite to future Supreme Court ethics hearing
Judiciary Democrats already sent a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts urging him to investigate Clarence Thomasâ undisclosed acceptance of luxury travel and gifts from wealthy GOP donor Harlan Crow. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images Senate Democrats are eyeing an invitation to Justice Clarence Thomas â whose friendship with a billionaire GOP donor has drawn heightened
Senate Dems try to declare âindependenceâ amid GOP floor takeover
Washington Metropolitan Police vehicles hold on the perimeter of the Capitol in Washington on Aug. 26, 2src21. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo In many ways, congressional Republicansâ regulatory rollback strategy is working: Itâs dividing Democrats, squashing a progressive D.C. criminal justice plan and forcing President Joe Biden to whip out his veto pen for the
Bidenâs nominee for IRS commissioner teed up for confirmation by Senate
Sen. Joe Manchinâs move also comes as he faces the prospect of a tough reelection race next year in his Republican-leaning state. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo The Senate is poised to confirm President Joe Bidenâs pick to head the IRS after he cleared a key procedural hurdle, but it postponed a final vote until
How Democrats disarmed a brewing Senate battle in Michigan
Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) has largely cleared the field in what could have otherwise been a messy Senate primary | Carlos Osorio/AP Photo What looked at first like a Democratic free-for all for Michiganâs open Senate seat is nearly over already. Which is exactly what Debbie Stabenow and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wanted. The
California’s Dem Senate hopefuls vie for higher ground over Silicon Valley Bank debacle
Rep. Katie Porter leaned on those bonafides to spotlight a bipartisan 2src18 bill that, she argues, carved up landmark Wall Street reforms that were put in place after the last global financial crisis. | Apu Gomes/Getty Images The Democrats vying in Californiaâs already-heated 2src24 Senate contest donât disagree much on the response to Silicon Valley
Feinstein’s condition sparks concern she wonât return to the Senate
Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s absence has already forced her party to change how they run the Senate, where Democrats canât move President Joe Bidenâs judicial picks without her vote. | Francis Chung/POLITICO After Dianne Feinstein announced sheâd contracted the shingles in early March, her staff said she planned to return to the Senate within a matter
Republicansâ best hope for Wisconsin Senate is a Trump critic
Mike Gallagher, a 39-year-old former Marine, is widely viewed as a rising star in the GOP thanks to his vocal stance on China policy and prolific fundraising. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo A public break with former President Donald Trump has been career suicide for many an ambitious GOP lawmaker in recent years. It might
Republicans are looking for Senate candidates who are filthy rich
The strategy is also an acknowledgment that the partyâs reliance on super PACs funded by its richest supporters has been insufficient. In the last two elections, Republicans were unsuccessful in stopping Democrats from nabbing a narrow majority in the upper chamber. Arming themselves with better-funded recruits, many of whom can give their campaigns tens of
Elizabeth Warren Announces Bid for Third Senate Term
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) announced Monday that she would seek a third term in the U.S. Senate in 2024. âWeâve won some big victories for working families in Massachusetts and across the country, but thereâs a lot more to do. So today Iâm making it official: Iâm running for reelection to keep up the fight,â
Former NY state Senate candidate says she was attacked by stranger in Central Park
A former New York state Senate candidate says a random man slugged her while she walked her dog in Central Park â and then strolled away as if nothing had happened. Maria Danzilo, 66, told The Post she was still badly shaken by the attack, which happened at about 2:25 p.m. Wednesday while she was […]
Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego Hired Anti-Law Enforcement Staffers for Senate Campaign
Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego (D) hired staffers who have a history of speaking out against law enforcement to help run his recently announced Senate campaign, Fox News reported. The Arizona Democrat on Monday officially launched his candidacy to try and unseat Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ). Although Gallego purported to support law enforcement and touted his vote in favor